Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「色衰愛弛」, with details below.
The Chinese idiom 「色衰愛弛」 we’re introducing today is explained in detail below, along with its meaning and usage.
Se: looks, appearance; chi: slackness, decline. It refers to people who gain favor by relying on their beauty. Once their beauty fades, they will be abandoned. Refers to a man who is easily bored with the old and loves new.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sè shuāi ài chí
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sik1 seui1 oi3 chi4
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